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> I must say the creepy anime young girl in the readme is somewhat off putting. This statement is simply a variation of an ad hominem attack. It chastises the

> I must say the creepy anime young girl in the readme is somewhat off putting. This statement is simply a variation of an ad hominem attack. It chastises the creator based on appearances that do not align with the niceties that the commenter deems appropriate.

mliker 2y ago
Agreed. For me, the anime character is not "creepy" at all. In fact, I've seen various ML blogs use manga characters to guide the reader.
0x1ceb00da 2y ago
There is a time and place for everything. This isn't it.
- thomashop 2y ago
  In your bubble. In mine this is totally fine, even encouraged.
  - vsnf 2y ago
    Indeed. In my company Slack, our primary professional communications tool, I can count a few people with anime avatars. Not very many, but it counts.
    - deleted 2y ago
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    - swexbe 2y ago
      yuck
dang 2y ago
"Don't feed egregious comments by replying; flag them instead." a.k.a. please don't feed the trolls https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html